Why creating a better world starts with self-love. It seems we have been experiencing over the past few years an epidemic of bullying, blaming, lying, and just outright offensive conduct. Every day we are being bombarded with images and stories exposing nasty, vicious, and vindictive behavior. From the top echelons of power to the average person on the street, treating people with respect and kindness appears to have become as outdated as the rotary phone, eight-track tapes, and cursive handwriting. …..

Are we overreacting to everything these days? Are we putting benign acts on the same playing field as intentionally hurtful acts? Are we lumping in dumbass, adolescent behavior in the same category as premeditated predatory behavior? Are we labeling similar actions or words as the same without looking at the intention behind the words or actions? Yes, we are but I don’t see it as over-reacting as much as over-correcting, and I think that is okay because I know…..

TRUST IN ONE’S SELF IS NOT ALWAYS EASY. How many of us have made decisions that backfired in our faces? How many of us have suffered crushing disappointments that caused us to doubt our abilities or caused us to give up on a dream? How many of us have been betrayed and somehow didn’t see it, or want to see it, coming? How many of us have sworn we knew what we were doing only later to find ourselves in…..

I am beginning to think that the whole of Washington has lost its mind along with the rest of the world. The blaming, bullying, lying, and the constant hypocrisy is just too much! I found myself wondering aloud, does anyone have any common sense anymore? Or maybe as my grandfather used to say, common sense just ain’t so common. So to remedy that problem I created a list of basic common sense that apparently our…..

I am very moved by the high school kids and their ability to speak their truth. While I hear many people applauded their courage, I am amazed how in the very next breath the same people will say yeah, but nothing will change (or if change does happen it won’t be for the better). I know it is easy to say nothing will change but I have lived long enough now to know that is just not true. Change is inevitable……

It seems every side is screaming how the other side is lying. “You can’t believe the what the other side says because “they” all are liars. Only we are speaking the truth.” When one side is confronted with their lies, they quickly point to the other side and list the lies they have told. For some reason, because one side was dishonest makes it okay for the other side to do the same. We are never going to stop this…..

When someone says, “people don’t change,” what they are really saying is “I don’t and will never change (and you can’t make me).”. The truth is people do change –all the time. Unfortunately, the change is often not noticed because it is more of a deepening of their rigid beliefs and behaviors rather than a change that opens them up to a new perspective and new possibilities. The snotty, bratty kid grows up to be the grumpy, contentious old person……

If you are working on moving into Self-Love, start with what you are listening to! We all have inner voices or thoughts constantly flowing through our minds. Much like a radio station or channel we choose to listen to, we choose which voices or thoughts we give our attention to moment by moment. If you are listening to a program that makes you fearful or depressed, most sane people would simply change channels. So why don’t we do that with our…..

**Self-Love or the lack of Self-Love not only determines how we see ourselves but also governs how we experience the world around us. It is the prism through which we see and define all things So why do so few of us see Self-Love as the starting point to our inner and outer health?** Self-love means just that –love towards self. So I ask you… Are you kind with yourself? Are you compassionate with yourself? Are you patient with…..

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